I just got this designer paper and sort of copied a sample card in the Holiday Mini Catalog to come up with this Lights Aglow Tis the Season Christmas Card. When you don’t have an idea of what to make with one of your Stampin’ Up! products, always remember to look in the catalog for ideas. You might think you will copy the card exactly, but I’m willing to bet that as you go along you may just change it up a little as your ideas start to flow.
Although I don’t have the Christmas Lights Bundle in the Lights Aglow Suite, I wanted to get the Lights Aglow 6″ x 6″ Specialty Designer Series Paper. As I write this, the Lights Aglow Paper is not available but should be back in stock in early September. I must have ordered the last pack! LOL! This paper has gold foil dots that are meant to look like twinkling lights! Very pretty papers!
To make this card, I started with a Cherry Cobbler card base. Then I used the Cherry Cobbler paper with tiny stars all over as a layer on the card base. If you wanted to save paper, you could just add strips to the side. I made all the paper layers on this card run the full length of 5 1/2″. The Cherry Cobbler paper with stars is 5 1/2″ x 4″.
The center portion of the card, the arcs of stars and dots, needs a little extra care. Surprisingly I realized that before I cut it! To get the proper arc, you need to cut the center portion of the sheet of that paper. Below is a photo of how I cut the paper. Since I wanted a 3″ wide section, that left 3″ so I cut 1 1/2″ off each side.
Before adhering that center paper to the card, add some Gold Foil strips to each side, or as the Holiday Catalog shows (page 30) use the Gold Glimmer Paper in the Glimmer 12″ x 12″ Specialty Paper.
For the greeting, I sort of copied the design of the sample card but changed it up a little bit. I used a sentiment in the Brightest Glow Stamp Set. I think this is a fantastic set of traditional Christmas greetings in pretty fonts. I chose the ‘Tis the Season stamp and stamped it in Cherry Cobbler. Then I die cut it with a small plain circle in the Layering Circles Dies and layered it on a scalloped circle die in the same set, cut out of Gold Foil.
On the inside of the card, I used a layer of Basic White and added a strip of designer paper with the little stars that I used on the front of the card. That way you can stamp a greeting or write a note.
That’s all there is to this Lights Aglow Tis the Season Christmas Card but if you wanted to add any extra embellishments you could do that.